centre
(US center) • noun 1 a point in the middle of something that is equally distant from all of its sides, ends, or surfaces. 2 a place where a specified activity is concentrated. 3 a point from which something spreads or to which something is directed: the city was a centre of discontent. 4 a political group whose opinions avoid extremes. 5 the middle player in some team games. • verb 1 place in the centre. 2 (centre on/around) have as a major concern or theme. — ORIGIN Latin centrum, from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’.
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